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Hi Flipper

Some clues (don't read any further if you don't want them - as they say, look away now!)

13d the answer is a drug made of a word meaning party surrounded by a type of gas.

21a the answer means stick made up of a word for poster + a word for this place (i.e. where you are now).

23a the word 'regular' in a clue is often an indicator of taking letters at a regular interval from a part of the clue - the answer relates to 'long ago'

Hope that helps.

Sorry Karen didn't mean to 'steal your thunder' - only just come on-line and I should have noticed that the recent postings were current.

Sorry, I'm late again this week. The RT didn't arrive until Wednesday afternoon as we had no ferries for a day due to the gales. I also had to fix a Marshall combo need for a gig tonight. Luckily it just needed a couple of new valves and some new electrolytic capacitors. A nice sounding amp from 1987 gets a new lease of life!

Anyway I finished it last night whilst watching part 2 of Gareth Malone and the non-reading boys. Hmmm, that seems to be becoming a ritual doesn't it.

Nothing very obscure this week. In fact I thought 21A & 24A were rather "jolly" little clues. I have to wonder what a lapsed catholic would be thinking of with an answer like DE + SIRE+ E?

Lets hope I can make it earlier next week.

Hello J of A, nice to hear from you, most would disagree, but my favourite, was 22a. It was the last one I got, but when I figured it out it made me laugh!x

Hi Karen. You were in the midst of helping me with clue 12A being an anagram of male union to when you got cut off in mid stream. Am still needing help with it. No one else seems to so am beginning to wonder why my brain is not functioning!! Am also stuck on 13D but will have a go on Quick Solve while I am on line.

Hope we all have a nice weekend.

Hi Mondrian, I've just logged on 12a is the anagram of 'male union to' begins 'un',if that helps.
13d is a drug(substitute for heroin) with 'do'(for party)6th and 7th letters,starts with an M. Hope that helps.

Thanks Karen for your response. Actually as I knew it would the penny did drop while I was eating my lunch. My brain must have been very tired. Also managed to get drug plus a word for a party. See you all next week

Always seem to be the last on here. Didn't get the RT till Friday. Will try and pick it up earlier next week. Sailed through it till 15a and 14d and still stuck even with all the hints in previous posts.

Hi Butterfly - as mentioned earlier your last two are the same as my last two. Ive added a bit more to the clues I gave previously - good luck.

Re 15a think of what you do when you put a cross on something (Cameron relied on this).

Re 14d Regular poster on this forum (and can be found in a pack of cards but may not be played) round the 'trained bees'.

Help anyone!! Can someone explain to me the connection between something `sold at Twickenham` to the answer I have for 2D which is also something used by babies? The mannequin bit I do get.

Thank you in advance for putting me out of my misery!!